Fixed it.
...other faiths, such as Secular Humanism, Collectivism, Communism, Socialism, and Environmentalism.
But there is only one goal shared by these faiths: to destroy the history and the established structure, order, and values of Western civilization so that it can be replaced by the communist state.
1. Totally avoided by the usual suspects who think Dawkins is the second coming, who do not want to be seen as the vitriolic little hypocrites they are, or.....
2. A series of diatribes about how Dawkins, no matter how much this article is in conflict with Dawkin's previous missives, is right, and how nice it would be if all the ignorant 'fundies' would shut up and go away.
“Dawkins is not an unintelligent man, so what’s going on here?”
Oh, c’mon. Im no fan of Dawkin’s side-career as a god skeptic, but this is the man who essentially invented the entire field of memetics, gave us extended phenotype theory, etc.
D’souza pronouncing Richard Dawkins ‘not unintelligent’ ... please, D’souza isnt qualified to scrub out the difficult stains in Dawkins underwear.
guys like Dawkins will know their reckoning when it comes...like a sledgehammer
what’s Dawkins moniker over at DC I wonder?
Dawkins sing??
I wonder if what we are seeing among agnostics is an evolution from Christian to “Gentile.” That is, they accept JHVH, but not as Jews, yet they reject Jesus and other post-Noah covenants and prophets as false.
This would mean that they are purely monotheistic, rejecting the idea of the Trinity, or Jesus as Son of God, and also rejecting the Mosaic covenant, as being uniquely for Jews, not non-Jews. Only Noachic Law would apply to them.
In other words, Gentiles being as Jews see non-Jews who still accept JHVH. They would say they believe in God, just not Jesus or Mohammed.
My neighbor (actually across the street and 4 doors down, and sadly, moving to TN next month) is a former Marine infantryman (0311), and a fire-breathing conservative. I truly have never met a more dedicated conservative; he puts me to shame, having dedicated hundreds of hours to Oliver North’s senate campaign, and a couple hundred more to Allen’s gubernatorial and senate campaigns. He joined the Corps in the same year I did and for the same reason (1981, to kill muzzie fundies during the hostage crisis). The biggest difference between the two of us (other than his dedication) is his seething, volcanic hatred for liberals. I don’t like them, but his hatred is on a level 1,000 times as bitter and venomous as mine. He’s a mega gun-nut, too of course. True story — he has drawn up a list of people to invite and is planning a huge bash in his backyard to throw a party on the day Doug Wilder dies, because DW managed to legally limit him to 3 guns a month when he was governor. He LOVES Christians for their conservative, family ways, their law abiding respect for authority, and the immeasurable contributions they’ve made to Western Civ. and all of humanity. And yet,... You know where this is going. He doesn’t believe in God. This makes him a hypocrite? Something undesirable? Would we prefer a mega-liberal Buddhist? After all, he doesn’t believe in our God, either. Why is believing in Buddha, (a false religion) acceptable, while believing in no God (also false) not acceptable? Would we prefer a liberal Christian? If liberal Christians ran the world, all Christians would be in chains. If my neighbor ran the world, every courthouse and every school in this nation from CA to NY would be adorned with the 10 commandments and prayer would be encouraged. Muslim prayer would be outlawed, and Muslims would be banned from even entering the country.
The main threat to Christian symbols, Dawkins argues, does not come from atheists like him but rather from Muslims and members of other faiths.
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Wake up alert.
We might be seeing the beginnings of a road to Damascus conversion.
The biggest threat to Christian symbols is permitting them to become mere symbols. I know a Muslim family that celebrates ‘Christmas’ as a secular holiday replete with decorated tree, Santa, and presents. Just no Savior in a manger. Frightening.